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BRIEF PROFILE: DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the first academic departments set up
under the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya in 1956. The Department currently
offers academic programme at undergraduate, Master of Engineering Science and Doctor
of Philosophy levels.

The Department is sub-divided into four clusters, namely, Structural and Material; Water
and Environment; Soil, Geotechnical Engineering and Transport; and Mathematics,
Survey and Management. The department is actively engaged in R&D works with
financial support from the University, government and other industrial grants. Many
academic members of the Department are also pursuing engineering consultancies
requiring expertise in multidisciplinary areas.

The Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) programme was introduced in the year 1956 as a 4-
years programme under the Term System. The programme was recognized by the
Malaysian Public Services Department (JPA) and the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).
In the 1996/97 academic session, a major change was undertaken in the programme
where the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) programme was offered as a 3- year degree
programme under the semester system (Sistem Pengajian Tiga Tahun, SPTT). In the same
academic session, the Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) programme was
introduced as a 3-year degree programme. Both programmes were accredited by the
Board of Engineers Malaysia on the 21 August 2000.

Starting from 2000/01 academic session, under the instructions from the Ministry of
Education of Malaysia, both programmes were offered as a 4-year degree programme
under the semester system (Sistem Pengajian Empat Tahun, SPET). The first batch of
graduates from these two programmes graduated in August 2004.

For the betterment and continuous quality improvement of the programme, a series of
curriculum review exercise has been performed. The curriculum review is done to align
the programme in accordance with the requirements of the MQF, EAC and the industries.
Following the curriculum review processes, new curriculum structure was introduced
starting from 2016/2017 academic session. The programme has been renamed as
Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

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